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2005-07-04T17:50:00.000+07:00

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Cambodian Blog Roundup

2005-06-21T12:41:00.000+07:00

There are a several blogs created during these few weeks.

Kalyan Keo: www.kalyankeo.blogspot.com. She is a friend who is studying in Australia now.

YCC Phnom Penh: www.ppnetwork.blogspot.com. Mr. Ek Lim is working much on this blog to get his network members' activities online.

SMD: www.smd-nationalist.blogspot.com. Mr. Sokhoeun Pang who is the President of SMD has tried to make use of it. You can see lots of information in his blog. SMD: Students' Movement for Democracy.

KDYA: www.kdya.blogspot.com. Mr. Meas Maroth has created it during a blog training in Phnom Penh. We hope to see more update from his blog. KDYA: Khmer Democratic Youth Association.

KSA: www.ksa-sk.blogspot.com. This blog was created at the training too. We also hope to see more update soon. KSA: Khmer Student Association.

Previous: YCC Siem Reap: www.siemreapnetwork.blogspot.com

2005-06-09T12:25:00.000+07:00

CAMBODIA PM opposes private funds for genocide trial
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... Under an agreement with the UN, deeply impoverished Cambodia will pay $13.2 million towards the cost of the trial, prompting Phnom Penh to go cap in hand once ...

'UNDERWEAR Gang' Resurfaces In Cambodia
7Online.com - New York,NY,USA
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia -WABC, June 8, 2005) -- Slathered with oil to make them slippery and wearing only underwear, a gang of robbers have resurfaced in ...

CAMBODIA Criticises US over Human Trafficking Report
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Cambodia's leader today dismissed a US threat to impose sanctions against his country for failing to curb human trafficking, saying the US had committed ...

CAMBODIA Lashes Out at US over Human Trafficking Report
CRI - China
Cambodia has dismissed US sanction threat against the country for failing to curb human trafficking. ... US warplanes heavily bombed Cambodia in the early 70s. ...

SIAM CEMENT: SCC's Cement Investment in Cambodia
Webbolt Business News (subscription) - Toronto,ON,Canada
SUMMARY: The Board of Directors of The Siam Cement Plc (SCC) has approved a 3,200 MB cement investment in Cambodia, whereby SCC will hold a major stake in the ...

HK Bourse: Press Release from Wealthmark Intl -4
Yahoo News - USA
... The Company further announces a breach of the Previous Listing Rules in connection with the acquisition of the Cambodia factory.The Company refers to its ...

THAILAND: Abuses and exploitation of migrant workers exposed
Amnesty International - USA ... A new registration process taking place from 1 -- 30 June 2005 for migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, permitting them to remain in Thailand ...

GOVERNMENT documents reveal that a White House official downplayed
... Here and Now - MA,USA The colorful ex-king of Cambodia writes a blog. Kathy Gunst goes visits a wok shop with Grace Young, author of "The Breath of a Wok.".

KEY Khmer rouge leader staged illness to avoid publicty
Radio Australia - Australia
In Cambodia, the son of ex-Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, say the 78-year-old remains well and is not in hospital. Nuon Chea's wife ...

BIOGRAPHY of Mao is a work of unanswerable authority
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... In subsequent Maoist regimes, such as Pol Pot's Cambodia, there were no international observers at all, and the atrocities have had to be pieced together from ...

Cambodia in the News - Wednesday

2005-06-08T09:23:00.000+07:00

MACHIMURA to make UN pitch in Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia
Japan Today - Tokyo,Japan
TOKYO -- Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura will make a five-day trip to Brunei, Vietnam and Cambodia from Tuesday with the aim to secure their support for a ...

CAMBODIANS called on to fund Khmer Rouge trial
Financial Times - London,England,UK
Cambodia's leading opposition party has called on the country's people and ethnic Khmers living overseas to help Phnom Penh finance a long-awaited Khmer Rouge ...

LAOS, Cambodia ratify extradition pact
Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam
Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodia and Laos have signed the exchange of instruments to ratify an agreement on criminal extradition, local media said. ...

INTELLECTUAL property body sets up first Asian office in Spore
Channel News Asia - Singapore ... WIPO is already working with newly emerging countries like Cambodia and Myanmar to help them put an Intellectual Property instrastructure in place, before the ...

TOO Much Apathy in the Face of African Horrors
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The notion that another Rwanda, Sudan or Cambodia is about to pass without meaningful intervention by the UN is a reflection of the ability of most nations to ...

THE countdown to eliminating measles in the Western Pacific
Radio Australia - Australia ... About 30 thousand children die each year from measles in the region, mostly in Cambodia, China, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Papua New Guinea and the ...

Cambodia mulls special shoes requirement for Angkor Wat tourists
Channel NewsAsia - PHNOM PENH: Tourists to Cambodia's historic Angkor temples may soon be required to rent out special shoes to prevent further damage to the complex, officials said Monday. ...

Cambodia in the News -Saturday

2005-06-04T07:37:00.000+07:00

World Bank Gives Cambodia $10M Grant
Washington Post, DC - PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- The World Bank said Friday it will give Cambodia a $10 million (euro8.1 million) grant to streamline foreign investments, develop technology to facilitate trade, reduce opportunities for corruption and develop new export markets.

Non-governmental organizations working to combat child-sex tourism
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - VANCOUVER (CP) - They're tropical paradises that beckon tourists to a carefree time in the sun and sand, but destinations like Cambodia, Thailand and Costa Rica are increasingly becoming magnets for foreigners who prey on impoverished children for sex.

ASEAN MPs urge Burma to implement reforms
Radio Australia, Australia - ... the reforms. The Caucus is a loose grouping of MPs from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. A ...

Cambodia in the News - Friday

2005-06-03T08:22:00.000+07:00

Vancouver man given 10-year sentence for sex crimes in Vancouver and Cambodia
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - VANCOUVER (CP) - A judge who sentenced a former hotel worker to 10 years in prison Thursday for a string of sadistic sex crimes said the man preyed on the most vulnerable by attacking prostitutes in Vancouver and having sex with children in Cambodia.

Cambodia hails arrest of insurgent leader in United States
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Cambodian officials on Thursday hailed U.S. authorities' arrest of the leader of an insurgent group that tried and failed to violently overthrow Cambodia's government nearly five years ago.

Chinese man charged with smuggling heroin out of Cambodia, faces 20 years in prison
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - AMA Hong Kong resident has been charged with trying to smuggle heroin out of Cambodia in the latest clampdown on drug trafficking in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation.

Cambodia in the News - Thursday

2005-06-02T07:13:00.000+07:00

Cambodia's retired King Norodom Sihanouk at 82, is as sharp-tongued and loquacious as ever.

Cambodian man is King of the Blogs
Inquirer, UK - CAMBODIA'S retired King, Norodom Sihanouk is running his own blog. The 82 year old former monarch has been penning his views on ... -

Calif. man arrested in 2000 Cambodian coup attempt
Source: Reuters- ... Yasith Chhun, head of a Cambodian opposition group based in Long Beach, California, was indicted on Tuesday by a federal grand jury on tax charges related to his accounting business and on charges that he conspired to seize control of the Cambodian government. ...

Californian accused of trying to overthrow Cambodia government
San Diego Union Tribune, CA - ... Yasith Chhun, 48, of Long Beach, is president of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, a group formed to take control of Cambodia, according to the US attorney's ...

It must be Love as DJ heads for Cambodia
Scotsman, UK - ... or Virgin. Instead, he will be spinning discs for a radio station in a far-flung corner of South-East Asia - Cambodia. The country ...

Police seize three cars in border skirmishMCOT, Thailand - ... trucks, all with Bangkok registrations. A trail of blood from the injured thieves led across the border into Cambodia. (TNA)--E006.

CAMBODIA: Bad press won't stop border body searches
Body searches for illicit drugs will continue in a strict but polite manner, despite scathing criticism by a Cambodian newspaper, border officials at Aranya-prathet said yesterday.

Cambodia in the News - Wednesday

2005-06-01T08:45:00.000+07:00

Cambodia Asks for Help to Cover Its Share for Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Voice of America - ... appealed Monday to diplomatic missions in Phnom Penh to contribute money so that a United Nations-backed tribunal of former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge ...

Cambodia faces increased HIV risk
Radio Australia, Australia - Cambodia says it faces a potential resurgence in HIV transmission among drug users, after a sharp increase in the use of narcotics in recent years. ...

Cambodia in the News - Tuesday

2005-05-31T07:20:00.000+07:00

HK man caught with heroine at Cambodia's airport
Xinhua - Beijing,China
... He was about to board a flight to Hong Kong at 7 pm when he triggered an alarm at one of the airport's metal detectors, according to The Cambodia Daily. ...

TRIALS can help heal a traumatized, broken Cambodia
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA
... In Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge regime shook hands with the devil in the name of cleansing their society and establishing an ...

CONFERENCE honours IT experts from Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam ... Awards were presented to 10 leading CIOs from Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. Attending the awards ceremony was Politburo member and ...

VIETNAM firm to provide high-speed Internet to Cambodia
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh city,Vietnam
The Vietnam Data Communications Company (VDC) has recently signed an agreement to provide broadband Internet services to Cambodia. ...

ON THIS DAY
Melbourne Herald Sun - Melbourne,Australia
... and 200,000 injured. 1973 -- US Senate votes to cut off all funds for US bombing operations in Cambodia. 1990 -- Soviet President ...

Cambodia in the News - Monday

2005-05-30T09:17:00.000+07:00

CAMBODIA'S Ex-King Delights in Blogging
ABC News - USA
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia May 28, 2005 -- "I thank you for insulting me." Thus blogged former King Norodom Sihanouk to a critic of his support of gay marriage. ...

DENGUE kills 35 children in Cambodia
Hindu - Chennai,India
(Xinhua): Dengue has killed 35 children and 700 dengue cases have been reported so far this year in Cambodia, official figures showed on Saturday. ...

KING Sihanouk at a glance
BusinessWeek - USA
... cease-fire and steer the country toward peace; after the Vietnamese withdrew in 1989 he led the United Nations-supported structure that ran Cambodia until the ...

Cambodia in the News - Saturday

2005-05-28T11:20:00.000+07:00

FIVE illegal migrants return to Vietnam
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh city,Vietnam
Five ethnic minorities from Vietnam, who illegally migrated to Cambodia in late 2004, returned home to the Central Highlands region May 27, bringing to the ...

NZ expert concerned about bird flu
TVNZ - New Zealand
... the bird flu virus that first surfaced in poultry in Hong Kong and China eight years ago has killed 37 people in Vietnam, 12 in Thailand and four in Cambodia. ...

HIGH-RANKING IMF official visits Vietnam
Voice of Viet Nam - Hanoi,Vietnam
... services and telecom equipment are participating in an international information technology exhibition, which opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday. ...

AN odious comparison turns to mush
Power Line - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... It requires a difficult thought experiment to imagine what a piece by an honest and serious commentator comparing the US of today to the Cambodia of the Khmer ...

Cambodia in the News - Friday

2005-05-27T12:27:00.000+07:00

Cambodia aims to shake off aid dependency
BBC News, UK -
Riding a motorcycle around Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh - where drivers play fast and loose with an already pretty slack traffic law - you stand a reasonable chance of being run into a gutter by a white Landcruiser. ...

Cambodia: A Victim of “Aid”
by John Pilger www.dissidentvoice.org
From the air, there appeared to be nobody, no movement, not even an animal, as if the great population of Asia had stopped at the Mekong River. Even the patchwork of rice paddies and fields was barely discernible; nothing seemed to have been planted or growing, except the forest and lines of tall wild grass. On the edge of deserted villages, often following a pattern of bomb craters,...

Cloud on Rouge trial
JEHANGIR S. POCHA
Phnom Penh, A long overdue trial of Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge leaders is finally expected to commence this year, but critics say interference from China is whittling away the tribunal’s power and credibility. ...

Former enemies live together in Cambodia
By Ker Munthit, Associated Press Writer
VEAL THOM, Cambodia -- Of the 13 men completing work on a new well in this hillside village, all but one are missing legs, arms or fingers. They're former foes, soldiers who battled each other in Cambodia's long and brutal civil war. But now they have banded together in a village of amputees that could serve as a metaphor for a struggling country. ...

Cambodia's sacred oxen predict good harvest
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Reuters) -- Cambodia's sacred oxen forecast an abundant rice harvest for the coming year on Thursday, although farmers who have just endured one of the worst droughts in living memory remained skeptical.

Cambodia in the News -Thursday

2005-05-26T07:27:00.000+07:00

VIETNAMESE telecom firms seek deals with Cambodia
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh city,Vietnam
Ten Vietnamese companies specializing in telecom services and equipment are participating in a recent international IT exhibition in Cambodia in an effort to ...

CENTRAL Highlands illegal migrants happy to be back; UN agency
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh city,Vietnam After a recent trip to Vietnam's Central Highlands to check on the illegal migrants who voluntarily returned from Cambodia, the United Nations refugee agency ...

LITTER-PICKING operation boosts Thai-Cambodian relations
MCOT - Bangkok,Thailand
SA KAEW, May 25 (TNA) -- A thaw in the tension between Thailand and Cambodia emerged this morning when officials and residents from both sides of the border ...

THAI Siam Cement Bd Oks THB3.2B Cement Plant Investment
Yahoo News - USA
... conglomerate Siam Cement PCL (SCC.TH) said Wednesday its board has approved a plan to invest THB3.2 billion in a new integrated cement plant in Cambodia. ...

A brother in arms pays debt
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... "Vietnam fell, Cambodia fell. ... Although neutral by treaty, communists were ferrying troops and weapons from North to South Vietnam via Laos and Cambodia. ...

LAST thing Iraq needs is hasty US pull-out
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... interventions have been aborted. Think not only of Vietnam and Cambodia, but also of Lebanon in 1983 and Haiti in 1996. In 1917, British ...-

AVIAN flu special: The flu pandemic: were we ready?
Nature.com (subscription) - London,England,UK
... World Health Organization has declared a full-scale pandemic influenza alert, with person-to-person spread lasting more than two weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam. ...

Cambodia in the News - Wednesday

2005-05-25T18:39:00.000+07:00

AUSTRALIA'S Cambodian embassy threatened
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A suspected terrorist group has threatened to attack Australia's embassy in Cambodia in the first of a wave of strikes on Western missions. ...

ICELAND, Hawaii via Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Southeast Asia: Cambodia closed its northern border with Thailand near the ancient temple site of Preah Vihear because of a Thai troop buildup, which the Thais ...

GAMBLERS cross to Poi Pet amid border closure rumours
MCOT - Bangkok,Thailand
... rumours had spread in the area in the past few days that Thailand would close the border at Aranyaprathet because of the recent conflict with Cambodia over ...

WHO Urges Countries to Prepare for Influenza Pandemic
Voice of America - USA
... Since late 2003, WHO reports nearly 100 adults and children in Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia have fallen ill from bird flu. More than 50 have died. ...

HMONG war stories give power of understanding
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
... He was on the ground in Laos. I was in the ivory tower, where any mention of an incursion in Laos or Cambodia provoked a new spasm of protest. On St. ...